What is the significance of ‘IF EXISTS” clause while dropping a ta

1.	What is the significance of ‘IF EXISTS” clause while dropping a table?
Answer» When we issue the command DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_name Hive throws an error if the table being dropped does not exist in the first place.

What is the significance of ‘IF EXISTS” clause while dropping a table?

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When we issue the command DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_name

Hive throws an error if the table being dropped does not exist in the first place.